Slim People in Progress

Wonderful Folic Acid

At our WW meeting yesterday, we discussed the benefits of folic acid.  I came across this article on Yahoo Health that explains folic acid in a nutshell.  I love all the foods high in folic acid.  Yeah!

Cutting calories may reduce the effects of Alzheimer's

In today's Health News, they write about a new animal study that showed that Alzheimer's symptoms were reduced or eliminated when caloric intake was reduced.  Although results are preliminary and done on monkeys, the results are promising.

For me, who is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer's, this is just one more excellent reason to lose weight and become more fit.

Trans Fat is Bad

One of my blog clients is Mani's Bakery.  They are posting some terrific articles about healthy lifestyles as well as a new program they recently introduced about eating more frequent but lower calorie meals.  An article you should read is about Trans Fats.  It's worth knowing more about this nasty stuff and why you should read labels and stay away from it if you can.

Something to Relish

Three foods your arteries can't get enough of: onions, celery, and parsley.

Whether you add them to soups, relish dishes, sandwiches, or salads, improving the health of your arteries may be as simple as munching on these flavor boosters. People who eat more flavonoid-rich veggies like these cut their risk of hardening of the arteries -- especially in the legs -- in half.

Heart Association urges trans fats limit

The American Heart Association has become the first big health group to urge a specific limit on trans fats in the diet — less than 1 percent of total calories — in new guidelines released Monday.Trans fats, or trans fatty acids such as partially hydrogenated oils, are in many cookies, crackers, breads, cakes, French fries and other fried foods. They contribute to heart disease risk by raising LDL, or the bad cholesterol.

Read the article here.

The guidelines were published in the association's journal Circulation. For a free brochure, visit http://www.americanheart.org or call 1-800-AHA-USA1.